Articles Archive for October 2012

Dear Ivor Wynne Stadium,
It’s almost poetic that it rained for your last game, symbolic of the tears that some Hamiltonians must have shed.
Ever since the Pan Am Games announcement, we all knew this day would come.
Now that it has, it’s a bittersweet feeling.
Let’s be honest, you’re not the prettiest girl at the CFL stadium dance, but that’s part of what makes you so unique.
At one point, your north stands were considered too ugly to be put on TV.
Instead of cushioned seats, you have wooden benches.
You live in the…

Everyone acknowledges depression differently. Many perceive it as a disorder stemming from a chemical imbalance in the brain. Others ignore the science completely and see it as a state of lingering despair often brought on by life changing events. For Daniel Bowker, a former resident of Hamilton now living in his native UK, two circumstances in particular began to have an effect on his mental health.
Dan, a former Mohawk College student who studied early childhood education, later worked as an educational assistant at Sir William Osler in Dundas. He began …

[19 Oct 2012 | Comments Off on Internet Addiction: on its way to becoming a recognized mental illness? | ]

Phones in pockets, Bluetooth in ears, and computers on laps; we are almost constantly connected to the Internet in some way. Now the American Psychiatric Association is taking steps to classify ‘Internet addiction’ or ‘Internet use disorder’ as a treatable mental illness. The new conditions could appear in the next Statistical Manual of Mental Illness, the proverbial bible for those in the field of mental illness.
Dr. Charl Els, an addiction specialist at the University of Alberta Hospital, says some sort of inclusion of ‘Internet Addiction’ in the DSM5 is likely.
“Whether …

Suicide is a leading cause of death by injury in Hamilton. Between 2001 and 2005 there were 222 suicide deaths: almost twice as many deaths as occurred due to motor vehicle collisions. Yet getting the exact statistics on suicide is difficult.
“Many people who die by suicide, it’s not reported because of the stigmas behind suicide they keep it to themselves,” said Terry McGurk, vice chairman of the Suicide Prevention Community Council in Hamilton.
Mohawk College is having its own seminar to raise awareness to the dangers of suicide. Safe Talk is …

Oh Smaug the stupendous, I was not prepared for your magnificence. The Desolation of Smaug is one of those rare film adaptations that just might outdo the version on the page. Now is not the time for such judgments, the film does leave some fun parts from the book by ralph lauren…

This is it: the argument that plagues car forums and comment threads. It seems that you either have to take one side or the other. “Hey, buddy, which are you? Import or domestic?” Why do you have to choose? You don’t. In my opinion, this whole “choose a side” business…

It would be too easy to say it’s been an uphill battle for the Mountaineers. But for anyone who’s been watching Mohawk men’s basketball team, it simply hasn’t been the case. The men have soared to a 7-2 record as they reach the mid-way point of the season, including a 10-0…